Java Moss Wall - istallation detail

[cpapakon]

Hey all this is my first post in the forum.
I am ready to give a try at a java moss wall, but I need your input.
My tank has a 30 gallon capacity - 30 inch width. I only have guppies in the aquarium and an apple snail. It is planted and I use an aquaball 2210 internal filter and a jaeger 100watt thermostat.
The wall will cover prety much the 2/3 of the back glass, leaving 1/3 for filter and thermostat.
SInce guppies are tiny I do not want to create any traps for them. So I was wondering if there are any easy ways to fill the gap between the screen edges and the back glass. On the bottom I will insert the screen in the sand so I guess the sides are the ones that are tricky.

 

[meegosh]

I'm trying to think of something... only thing that comes to mind is to silicone it down the sides. That would make it semi-permanent so removing it to do trimmings will be hard. I was thinking of doing one in my 10g but now I'm not sure, my loaches would probably love to slither behind the wall. Only thing I could think of other than silicone would be to silicone a piece of clear lexan or something similar to it so that it angles towards the glass and sits flush with it.

 

[cpapakon]

what is I use some short of foam under the mesh?

 

[meegosh]

The way I was planning on doing mine was to use some eggcrate or something similar. I planned on mounting it flush to the glass to avoid getting food and the like stuck behind it.

 

[WhiteDevil]

I use tons of suction cups, silicone em to the wall material( I use light fixture grids), I tore mine out to move and sold my moss off but it was in a guppy only tank with no trapped gups, helps the fry hide and the MTS take care of any food that got behind there.

 

[lumpy]

I am planning to do this in my 40g tank
you could try and stuff some filter foam into the sides that would probably work (not that I would know..)
What size are the gaps inbetween your mesh?

 

[ErnieB]

maybe use the notebook divider tabs like they use when dividing a tank for betta and place the eggcrate completely across the back wall but only place the moss where you want it? Not sure if that is feasible or not.

 

[Fromthelbc]

what about sanding the back of the tank, then using some driftwood to lean the java moss onto the glass, and letting it grow....